Table 3.
Correlation between glucose and pyruvate consumption (C) with the production (P) of alanine, acetate and lactate by human adipose tissue explants of visceral and subcutaneous fat.
| Visceral adipose tissue |
Subcutaneous adipose tissue |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alanine (P) |
Acetate (P) |
Lactate (P) |
Alanine (P) |
Acetate (P) |
Lactate (P) |
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| R | P | R | P | R | P | R | P | R | P | R | P | |
| Glucose (C) | ↓ | NS | 0.639 | * | ↓ | NS | ↓ | NS | ↓ | NS | ↓ | NS |
| Pyruvate (C) | ↓ | NS | 0.948 | *** | ↓ | NS | ↓ | NS | 0.804 | ** | ↓ | NS |
Legend: R values are Pearson's correlation coefficient for: * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.005; *** P < 0.001. (C) – metabolite consumption; (P) – metabolite production; NS – non-significant.